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It is May 13th and we already have the best roster in the A10. Some of you are depressing.

If Conklin wants to coach D-1 SLU has to hire him. We have to make this happen.

-that's okay, I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue

Coach Ford, take a look?

My bad. I didn't remember anything about Prifti transferring, didn't see anything on Twitter about it, she wasn't on your list of transfers & she was in the photo from Tillet's first day. I just assumed she was staying. 1,000 apologies. I'll institute a 30 second ban from posting on myself as penance. Marisa Warren is a solid player and Kiley Bess is promising & a good shooter. They were the 4th & 5th leading scorers on the team this past season. I think the more optimistic feel is SLU replacing Harbison & McNeal with the 2 Longwood players while everyone else is healthier & has an additional year of experience under their belt. I fully expect that team to perform better than this past season's injury ravaged squad. However, I'm doubtful they'll be good enough to compete for an A10 title or NCAA bid. WNIT is a realistic possibility if things go right (remember the WNIT is 64 teams).

Well, my last memory of him will be choking at the free throw line against us in the A-10 tourney.

My bigger fear in this situation is that the financial commitment to the program isn't what it needs to be.

Roster is full with 13 scholarships, so no room for a possible MST return or Akila Smith unless I'm missing something. Correction: there appears to be one spot left on the roster. Here is last year's roster with players expected to be on this years roster in bold: Marisa Warren 5'8" G - returning Ciaja Harbison G - grad transferring to Valderbilt Natalie McNeal G- transferring to Green Bay Peyton Kennedy 5'11" F - returning Ny Toang F - transferring (no destination yet) Julia Martinez 5'10" G - returning Sevval Gul 6'4" F - returning Kiley Bess 6'0" G - returning Anna Maria Prifti 6'0" G/F - returning transferring (no destination yet) Sarah Lazar 6'2" F - returning Myriama Smith Traore F - graduating / not returning Brook Flowers 6'5" F/C - returning Ronni Nwora F - transferring to Buffalo Then SLU is adding: Kyla McMakin 5'11' G - transfer in from Longwood Kennedy Calhoun 5'5" PG - transfer in from Longwood Ashleigh Conner 5'11" G - incoming freshman Abby Liber 5'11" G/F - incoming freshman Mia Nicastro 6'2" G/F - incoming freshman

With Wilson moving on, we have an opening.

Would love it so much, every summer would be a conklin summer

We really lost a great outside shooter in Rachel Kent.

Gibson Jimerson, junior in International Business, and Martin Linssen, graduate in MBA program, were the two men's TeamBlue members to be honored by receiving Straight A's during the spring 2021 and/or fall 2021 semester. https://slubillikens.com/news/2022/5/11/billiken-athletics-billikens-faculty-staff-recognized-at-annual-straight-a-celebration.aspx Earlier this spring Jimerson, along with Fred Thatch, was honored by the Atlantic 10. Jimerson with a cumulative GPA above 3.9, was also selected as the recipient of a 2022 DI-AAA ADA postgraduate scholarship and will receive $5,000 toward his postgraduate studies. Jimerson and Thatch were the only set of teammates voted to the 12-person Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team.

A “regular” high school kid probably can’t do those. But, Ellie is apparently DOING it now. Read todays Post-Dispatch under the Scholar Athletes section for Webster Groves. She wouldn’t be there if the grades weren’t there. The company is real, check it out on the web. As to her soccer athletic ability, I will defer to Coach Shields, her record here at SLU gives her that credibility. I would say she’s FAR from a “regular” high school kid…

I hate to be that guy but... You have to hire somebody from St. Louis. Anyone hear that MST is staying. She is still in town. Would think she'd be in high demand and moved on by now.

Yes, but time is slidering by and Travis swings and misses a lot.